Author: Kelli Jonakin, Ph.D.

For some, 2021 was definitely a year to forget and for others it was filled with moments to remember. COVID-19 impacted every aspect of life, but for health organizations, like hospitals, life sciences companies, and genomics research organizations, 2021 was a year of monumental change, and that change centered around the patient. With a shared […]

Healthcare and life sciences organizations are reinventing how they collaborate, make data driven clinical and operational decisions, enable precision medicine, and decrease the cost of care. AWS for Health, a curated offering of AWS services and AWS Partner Network solutions designed for healthcare and life sciences customers, provides proven and easily accessible capabilities that help […]

Celebrating its 10th year, AWS re:Invent 2021 is gearing up to deliver a week of inspiring content, educational workshops and bootcamps, and plenty of peer-to-peer networking opportunities. This year’s conference will take place in Las Vegas from November 29th through December 3rd, and will have an engaging virtual component for those who cannot join us […]

Healthcare and life sciences organizations today are looking to increase the pace of innovation, unlock the potential of health data, and develop more personalized approaches to therapeutic development and care. Cloud adoption has become vital to expand the role of IT operations, data security, and improve the overall patient experience; yet, according to KLAS Research, […]

This article originally appeared on Accenture. Challenge Digital technologies are transforming the life sciences industry as much as advanced science. The ability to extract, analyze and visualize data quickly from across the company can help biopharmaceutical companies become intelligent enterprises and better serve patients. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), a global leading biopharma company, is intent […]

This article originally appeared on Wired. Disease understanding and drug discovery is based on scientific rigor. And while it’s work that is potentially life changing, it can also be tedious and time-consuming. Few know this better than Magnus Söderberg, a pathology researcher with more than 20 years of lab experience and the director and technical […]

This article originally appeared on BBC StoryWorks. How machine learning is changing the pharmaceutical industry and reshaping the way drugs are produced in the 21st century The scale of the pharmaceutical industry is staggering. There are millions of patients to take care of, billions of data points generated by every clinical trial—and that’s before you […]

AWS re:Invent 2020, the biggest cloud computing event of the year, kicked off its first wave of free virtual content and announcements from Nov 30 to Dec 18. The Life Sciences Industry Track brought industry leaders together to discuss how they leverage cloud technology to bring differentiated therapeutics to market faster. In this post, we’ll […]

AWS Genomics has released a new whitepaper, Genomics Data Transfer, Analytics, and Machine Learning using AWS Services, that provides essential information and guidance on how to build a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform using AWS services, from instrument to interpretation. Accompanying the new whitepaper are three solutions, developed based on feedback from AWS life science […]

AWS re:Invent routinely fills several Las Vegas venues with standing-room only crowds, but we are bringing it to you with an all-virtual and free event this year. This year’s conference is gearing up to be our biggest yet and we have an exciting program planned with five keynotes, 18 leadership sessions, and over 500 breakout […]